Nineteen out of the 27 lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly have joined the Action Alliance, AA, denouncing their memberships of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party respectively.

The Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Acho Ihim, announced this while during plenary on Thursday evening.

He also announced that he had joined his colleagues in the AA.

Reading the defection notice, Ihim said the defection notice was dated November 7.